It is a pity that evil always prevails over justice for a long time. The belated justice is just an understatement for the pale and feeble slogan "Evil cannot conquer right". Just like the red balloon in the hand of a toddler, let it go a little bit, and leave you, becoming smaller and smaller. In addition to the vague and clear image of the balloon, there is nothing more than the balloon in your mind. After all, it will automatically return to the long and weak firm belief in your hands. In many cases, the so-called justice is only half a century. After more than a hundred years, there are rows of lifeless white and black characters. More often, even the dead branches under your feet are not as good as the broken bones.
Jack Nicholson is a very evil person. His evil spirit is self-evident, just like Zhu Shimao's evaluation of Chen Peisi back then. Once he stood up, he didn't need to act, just like a thief and a gangster. His laugh is the famous shark laugh in Hollywood, and the image of justice and sunshine will always make him perform in a gloomy atmosphere. Of course, Jack, who was wealthy and watched at the Lakers' home court after his old age, looked naive. His early cynicism, rebelliousness, and the evil smile that haunted his mouth has disappeared with the passage of time.
"Chinatown" is Polanski's 1974 noir film. Although it is called "Chinatown", it has nothing to do with Chinatown in terms of narrative, except that the last scene of the film is in Chinatown, and the detective played by Jack is inadvertently revealed. In addition to my early experience in Chinatown, the name Chinatown is more of a symbolic symbol, representing the entanglement between money and power, the collusion between government and business, and the fall of morality. The film is based on the Evans Valley incident in Los Angeles, USA in the early 20th century. The private detective played by Jack first investigates the affair of the local water conservancy engineer, and the engineer is building a dam for the local area. The engineer's photo was published in the newspaper, and the real engineer's wife came to the door and asked to stop the investigation, and then the engineer was found drowning in the drain. The development of the incident became more and more fascinating. The smart Jack saw the unusualness. First, he was thinking about his reputation, but also to satisfy his curiosity, and then to protect the engineer’s wife. In danger, the truth finally came to light. Jack is just a pawn used by local wealthy people to find children born after incest between himself and his daughter (the engineer's wife). The engineer was killed because he blocked his father-in-law's fortune. However, this film does not continue the usual Hollywood blockbuster prince and princess happy ending of the happy ending. On the contrary, the rich man took away the child born after incest without incident. The engineer’s wife was killed by the police while fleeing. Jack was let go by his former colleague. He didn't become a scapegoat. He only got the sentence "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown".
If the ending of a film noir is warm and happy, it is not called a film noir. Deliberately exaggerating evil and black are two completely different attitudes from presenting evil and black truthfully. Polanski did it. The script of this film is considered to be one of the best scripts of the last century and won the 1974 Oscar for Best Screenplay. But apart from this award, this film has no gains, because there was another strong film "The Godfather II" that year, but the status of "Chinatown" in film history is not reduced because of the lack of a few statuettes.
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